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slaugh

slaugh noun: slaw.

Noun

slaugh

  1. (dated) Slaw.
    • COLD SLAUGH: Select firm, fragile heads of cabbage (no other kinds being suitable for slaugh) ...1839, Mrs. Lettice Bryan, The Kentucky Housewife: Containing Nearly Thirteen Hundred Full Receipts, page 192
    • COLE SLAUGH1881, Mrs. H. Howson, Home cookery, Jackson Brothers, page 47

Proper noun capitalized: Slaugh

Slaugh (plural Slaughs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of slaugh

pluralSlaughs

Origin of slaugh

Borrowed from Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”). See also slaw.

Questions about slaugh

What does slaugh mean?
Slaugh means slaw.
What part of speech is slaugh?
Slaugh can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near slaugh in the dictionary

  1. slaty-breasted tinamou
  2. slaty-breasted tinamous
  3. slaty-grey snake
  4. slaty-grey snakes
  5. slaty-legged crake
  6. slaugh
  7. Slaughs
  8. slaught
  9. slaught-beam
  10. slaught-beams
  11. slaughter

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